I Love Me(me)

[xp_daytripper]

Yes, it's the love meme! Isa and I have been talking about posting it and finally talk has become action! Here's the drill: every player has a comment below for folks to leave love. It doesn't have to be words, gifs are also good. We're going backwards to distribute the love evenly (people get worn out by the end of the alphabet, so lets start with them this time!).

We've also included links to the player's wiki page and their character's logs, so you can take a refresh peek at what they've been doing. We'll also link to the individual threads from the player pages, so you can go back later and bask when you need it.

No negativity - if you can't say something positive, don't say anything at all, as the saying goes. ;)

If for any reason you'd rather not be included ping Isa or I and we'll quietly remove your thread. Or, if giving feedback publicly is a bit much, you can email the person directly (email addies are available on the player pages).

No time limits - do your best and no love is too small!



(Thanks Walks for these!)

Five words or a gif you think of when you think of this player.

Five words or a gif you think of when you think of this player's character.

Five words or a gif your characters think of when you think of this player's character.

Three random things you'd love to see this person's characters do.

You and this player can travel anywhere in the world. Where would you take them?

What's the first log or character moment that pops into your mind when you think about this player?

Comments

Zip

[xp_daytripper]

Zip, player of Natasha Romanoff and Logan.

Re: Zip

[xp_spectrum]

My favourite lines:

Natasha: From Crazy X-Girlfriend.

The splatter was glorious. She also appreciated the immediate stoppage of attacks coming from Sugar Man. With all the surprsies he'd thrown, Natasha had half expected him to avoid this one too. But no, thankfully, his body dropped to the ground as Emma splatted into the wall behind him. Good thing diamonds were forever, though she expected Emma's brains to be rattled around quite a bit.

Logan: From Exorcism Robotica

Logan managed to push himself upright with a grunt. Breathing was pain as was simply existing right now. He managed to focus his eyes on Nightcrawler and nodded. "Couple...more...minutes," he forced out through a mouth that tasted of metal and torn flesh. Those minutes passed excruciatingly slowly. Finally, he shook his whole body out then moved into a crouch. "Spectrum, direct us where ya want us."

Walks

[xp_daytripper]

Walks, player of Namor the Submariner and Longshot.

Re: Walks

[xp_velocidad]

One of the logs that stuck out most to me in the last year (and I don't have to look this up) is Namor talking to the sea spirit. It felt like a natural extension of a lot of groundwork you'd laid, and you really got his voice and attitude down pat. I don't think it's easy to write somebody with that bearing, but you never make him feel like a mockery or unrealistic. He's surprisingly grounded.

(I mean also I love you like a sister (gay) and you've been a really good friend to me for the last 8 or 9 years so maybe I am biased?)

Twiller

[xp_daytripper]

Twiller, player of Doug Ramsey and Jean-Phillipe Colbert.

Re: Twiller

[xp_velocidad]

Look, there is a reason that Cypher is the butt of so many jokes. And I think in lesser hands, he'd be a pretty ineffective soy-boy (or an evil techno incel, which is an intriguing direction if you want an AU where he's a villain).

Over the years, you have really rebutted that, which is impressive as all hell. But also, I think the Doug/Darcy stuff that really hits for me is when you pull from Doug's long (and tortured) history and use it to inform the way he views his current relationship. You always get a sense that he's still working out a lot of stuff, but that he's also a true romantic at heart despite all of that shit. And you're very good at playing off Doug's ability to read physicality - I know that when I'm logging with you, I have to be very deliberate with all of Gabe's gestures. Which is fun - it's fun to have to anticipate that and work for it.

Tink

[xp_daytripper]

Tink, player of Darcy Lewis and April Parker.

Re: Tink

[xp_velocidad]

I commend your willingness to take Darcy into the dark places that were required to turn Laurie into villain. I don't know that everybody would have done it, and definitely not as effectively as you. And I even more commend how artfully you've played the consequences of that, and her recovery from it.

Shai

[xp_daytripper]

Shai, player of America Chavez

Re: Shai

[xp_darcy]

I know life and work are kicking your arse right now, but I like your take on America and hope we get to see more of her soon. ♥

SERAPH

[xp_loa]

Seraph, player of Jubilation Lee and Maya Lincoln-Lopez.

Re: SERAPH

[xp_velocidad]

The thing I think I admire most about you as a player is that you are not willing to make bold choices with your characters or have them make polarizing comments or decisions. I think in a game like this, people often try to go with the path of least resistance. But you don't do that -- you do things that generate energy and that feel very true to Jubes and Maya (and Laurie!) but also shake things up. It really gives some life to this game in small ways that help fill out the color of everything we're doing here.

Sam

[xp_loa]

Sam, player of Alex Summers and Topaz.

Re: Sam

[xp_darcy]

If I mentioned every single thing I appreciate about you I'd probably hit the comment limit. Thank you for all the work you do on the wiki, with icons and graphics, on plots, and with modding in general. You're a treasure and a huge asset to the game, and I'm so glad we're friends.

I love the way you ran with the Halloween plot and got some Topaz angst and growth out of it, and I love the flirty friendship that Topaz and Fi have.

One of my favorite things you've written lately is when Topaz ends up in the portal:
It was all a bit much, and overwhelmed Topaz for a minute before she started to laugh. Completely and ridiculously and entirely over the top. And if she'd thought about it sooner, she wouldn't expect anything less. She skimmed a bit off the emotions - she had a feeling no one would mind - and used it to grow her little ball of light, sending it forward. This time it didn't just ping - it stuck on to a spot and glowed bright enough that Topaz had to cover her eyes for a minute.

"Right," she mumbled, hooking her bag over her shoulder. "Time to go home. Got it."

The light, it turned out, had connected to a door knob. That was also new. Topaz approached slowly, grabbing it, and immediately recognized the mischievous but warm intent of Stephen's magic. She turned the knob; it disappeared from her hand, flattening into the air and expanding into a flashing array of swirling colors. She automatically tried to take a step back, but was pushed forward. This portal wasn't trying to take anything in - it wanted to get something out.

And out Topaz went. Into too bright light and warmth and familiarity and-

And she tripped, crashing right into Amanda.

Salla

[xp_loa]

Salla, player of Betsy Braddock.

Re: Salla

[xp_changeling]

I've been hugely impressed with your work with Betsy; it's a new take but also shows roots in the canon as well. You have always stepped up when you've volunteered, even other difficult circumstances, and the writing is absolutely top notch. Looking forward to working with you more.

Rossi

[xp_loa]

Rossi, player of Amanda Sefton and Monica Rambeau

Re: Rossi

[xp_velocidad]

First, I truly have no earthly idea how you keep on top of all of the admin stuff that helps keep this game running. It's a lot of work, it's all stuff I'm terrible at, so that is impressive.

Second, I feel like I talk a lot about how much you nail Amanda every time we do one of these, so I am going to focus on Monica. I think you've done a lot to figure out what the teenage (or I guess college-age?) version of that character would be, and you've definitely taken so much of her comics portrayal but softened it to somebody who is struggling with her conception of herself. That's not easy, and I think you've just NAILED her voice.

As someone who took a very underwritten character and completely did his own thing with him, I'm really impressed with the skill that it takes to play Monica the way you're doing it. Kudos!

Rei

[xp_loa]

Rei, player of Clea Lake, Lorna Dane,and Tandy Bowen.

Re: Rei

[xp_spectrum]

Clea - on her training mission with Kevin:

Her hair was touched and it was enough to make her skin crawl. Looking up at Yuzhu or was it Jaiyin who stopped in front of her, "Show us."

She whispered a spell as another Clea appeared behind the man, sneaking her arm over his shoulder and down his chest. It was only a few seconds before it vanished and the real Clea lifted her hand to her head as if being drugged and performing her abilities were tough.

"Oh my... oh..." Li whispered as the illusion went past. "Oh this is something quite new to play with."

"Oh yes. Oh, show us the rest. Kwan, you have outdone yourself."

Clea lowered her hand as she whispered the spell once more and the illusion of her tugging at her shoulder straps causing them to fall over. The real Clea did nothing but kept the concentration up as she played out their fantasy of a red-head stripping for everyone in the room. To add an effect she caused one other 'twin' to appear to give them double the fun.

Both reached out for the illusion and it felt real as Clea was putting a lot of her magical abilities to work. "What else would you like us to do?" The twins echoed each other.

Lorna - the confrontation with Warren in Morningstar:

If Lorna inherited anything else from her father, it would be her temper. It was why meditation was so key to her well-being, why weed was always in her sock drawer at home. Lorna flew out of her seat in a blink of an eye and came at Warren with such force that both slammed against the nearby wall before giving one big punch to his beautiful face. Her eyes were glowing the same color green as her hair. "This is your final warning Warren. The next time I will do more than break a nose. Don't EVER insult Alex or my dad in my prescence." Truth was she had guilt over the life she took and she could had been way worse than her father ever was.

She let go of his clothing and floated away from him as she released him from his hold, dropping him. The metals in the room were still floating and were aimed right at Warren. "Please leave." Lorna said in a very serious, very deadly, tone of voice. Ignoring the pain her hand.

Tandy: the mindscape scene from Fear in the Dark:

Another light shone as well, Tandy sitting way up the back of the theatre, the crescent over her eye and her hair and body glowing brightly, yet unable to illuminate the dark room. She was transfixed by the images on the screen.

Playing on the screen was the recent events of what Dweller had made Tandy do against her will. It skipped around, one moment showing the attack on the mansion, the next the night when Dweller was fully released, again turning SHIELD agents into his Shades. Other scenes showed Cullen and Skadi as they planned the attacks in what appeared to be a penthouse as they base of operations. The scene cut to a Cult with the Dweller Staff in the center, it looked like they were trying to destroy it before a flash of white and the scene cut to the next one.

Feeling more presences, Tandy turned her head towards the two and put a finger to her lips before pointing up. In the darkness above them the ceiling appeared to be moving, as if it was breathing softly. Several dozen light daggers appeared to have punctured it and kept it there, only flickering every several seconds.

The moment they walked into the theater itself Jean heard and felt a squishing noise with every step. Glancing down, the ground appeared to be soft, wet, fleshy...alive. She turned back to Tandy, then slowly looked up with dismay and a nod of understanding. Turning off the lamp, she held a hand up to Amanda for her to stay there, then tried to approach Tandy and sit beside her in the chair.

A notepad and pen appeared in her hand, and she scribbled "Are you okay?" on it, holding it up in the light of the screen for her to see, then offered Tandy the pen and notepad.

Tandy took the notepad and quietly wrote one word, "Tired." And then she began to scribble furiously, when she was done she handed the notepad back. "I've been using my light to keep him asleep, I cannot leave. Too weak."

Rachel

[xp_daytripper]

Rachel, player of Meggan Szardos.

Re: Rachel

[xp_spectrum]

Meggan - This wonderful little scene from Clan Akkaba:

In the hush that followed her friend’s sudden departure, Meggan put down the stray chair leg that she had been grasping in case it was necessary. She held up her hands to show that she had nothing else on her that could present itself as a threat. As a reflection of what they needed and, she really hoped, likely desperately wanted at heart, she put on the friendliest face she possibly could. She hoped it was convincing enough to put these men at ease. She managed to find the guy that had started all of this.

At the last, Meggan refrained from adding genuine puppy dog eyes to herself, because that would be more uncanny valley in a person than convincing on any level for innocence. “We came to help you, not to fight you,” she softly explained. “Please. We are all loyal to the same king as you.”

Morag

[xp_daytripper]

Morag, player of Callisto.

Re: Morag

[xp_spectrum]

I love your action scenes, but I also appreciate Cal when she's just Cal. Like in this log:

The Morlock's brow furrowed, eye narrowing in sudden suspicion. "Who's asking?"

"We've got a few kids missing in the Underground, and a mom just came in to report her son missing - visible mutant, police aren't doing anything, you know the story. A little too much for it to be a coincidence, you know?"

Callisto's shoulders relaxed slightly, even as her face twisted in grim distress. She nodded. "Couple of ours haven't been seen in a bit. I thought they might be together somewhere, fucking around, you know - not literally-" She made a face, tipped her head from side to side. "I mean, maybe literally. But if you've missed some too..." She shut her mouth tightly, blowing a sigh out through her nose. "I can get you more info. When they were seen last, where. Maybe someone can start pulling CCTV in the area? Though in honesty our lot are trained to avoid it."

Michael

[xp_daytripper]

Michael, player of Gabriel Cohuelo.

Re: Michael

[seraangel]

You! You’re awesome, just to start. I love getting to write with you. You bring such interesting moments and I love how Gabe and Maya are somehow friends when it could have gone so differently.

You also did such an awesome job with her Dad in that first log, making it such a natural interaction between Dad and Daughter. It’s honestly one of my favorite logs.

You’re also just a genuinely awesome person and while we’ve only hung out in person the one time, I still remember how great a time I had getting to chat.

Maureen

[xp_daytripper]

Maureen, player of Clarice Ferguson and Matt Murdock

Re: Maureen

[xp_velocidad]

Mo! You are one of a few people in the world who can always make me smile. You've always got a kind word, you've been such a sweet supportive friend over the years, and you also understand the plight of people whose hair cannot survive humidity, and we need that.

Also, the Clarice fights against the Brotherhood were some of my favorites to read, especially as a person who cannot really visualize fight logs most of the time.

Marlena

[xp_daytripper]

Marlena, player of Pixie.

Re: Marlena

[xp_spectrum]

Amanda loves Megan so much. And I love this log from the Epic Crab Plot:

Megan was almost to the slope, pushing her way through some water reeds, when it hit her as well, but she was even more surprised by something else. "Ah! There's someone here. OH NO I don't think they're alive!" she exclaimed, scrambling back and almost falling backwards into the muck.

Clea reached out to steady Megan before peering over to see the body of someone laying face down. "Bloody hell." Covering her hand over her nose and mouth. She walked past Megan and up the slope, her eyes traveled past and saw the legs of a second one. "There are two."

"Two bodies." Of course they were dead. There was no way they could be mistaken for being alive, but panic does weird things to your brain. Megan forced herself to a place of calm and reason and followed Clea up the slope, digging in her purse for her phone. A small frog jumped out and she almost laughed, despite feeling sick. "This has to be related, or why would the Spirit send us here?"

Clea crouched down, hand still over her mouth as she inspected the bodies. "I don't feel a wallet but both are males." She stood up and walked away as the smell was getting too much, "Is your phone bloody working?" Clea reached into her water soaked bag looking for hers.

"It's booting up and... it looks like I have a signal." Thankfully the new case had protected it from getting too much moisture inside. "Amanda pick up," Megan prayed as she pressed the contact and hoped for a dial tone.

There was time only for half a ring before the call was answered and Amanda's frantic voice on the other end. "Megan! Are you okay? Is Clea with you?"

"Yes! And Clea is here too! I don't know how far the spell sent us - can you track our phones' GPS now that they're on? I haven't pulled up a map yet, can you see a marsh nearby?" Inwardly she was screaming Mum can you come get us?! but instead she calmly reported, "There's two bodies here. Adult males. It may be connected, I don't know."

Mack

[xp_loa]

Mack, player of Jean Grey and Molly Hayes.

Re: Mack

[xp_velocidad]

A thing I really really really appreciate you is that you are willing to play with the Jean and Gabriel dynamic with me. It's complicated, and you let it be complicated, and I think you've let there be a lot of push-and-pull between us that has been really fun to write. And I think that's all the more impressive because I know how attached you are to Jean!

Kate

[xp_loa]

Kate, player of Angelo Espinosa and Kurt Wagner.

Re: Kate

[xp_spectrum]

Angelo - I like this log, since we got to see how far Angelo has come:

"That is almost certainly true, yeah, just reckon I'd rather preface and give you a way out," she admitted after a beat. "What's your history with self-defense and fighting? I know you have a sword and can presumably use it, but, like, did you ever have these mental stops that I can't seem to shake myself of?"

Angelo grinned, a little ruefully. "Ah, my history with fighting is... long. Way back, before I ever came to Xavier's, I was in with a gang from pretty young. Then there was Asgard, where I got my sword, and a lot of stuff since. But the question was really about the mental stops, so yeah, I did. I think most people do, to one level or another."

At his statement, Alani blinked owlishly for a moment, moving her hands as she worked through her thoughts. "I... did not expect the little view into lil' Angelo, if I'm being completely honest. But also, no judgment. So, how did you get over yours? I'm trying, I really fucking am, man. But fuck, I'm a joke when it comes to this shit."

"You're not a joke", he said firmly. "You're just new to all this stuff and like I said, you're not doing so bad at all. I guess the main way was practice, over and over again 'til it came easy."


Kurt - while I've chosen the Mystique part for Kurt's Moment of Awesome, the scene with Lorelei is also so good:

“What son treats his mother so. Do you not feel sorrow, child? Does it not make you want to cry?”

He couldn’t move, frozen to the spot, and despite himself his eyes were welling up. It was an effort to force out the next words. “A son who was abandoned and ill-used by his mother when he found her. My mother is Margali Szardos.”

“You poor child, you have been deceived.”

Lorelei’s voice throbbed with sorrow, echoing the tears of a bereft mother as she looked on him with eyes that seemed to glow from within.

“Your mother, your true mother never abandoned you. This Margali is the deceiver, the witch who pulled you from your true purpose. Surely you can feel the truth in my words. Surely you feel the pain that your heart has harbored all these years, the pain of a stolen child.”

"I am not a child. And you are... deceiving..." The words trailed off into nothing as he looked at her.

“An adult then? Surely you would do me a small favour? As a man of such high gravitas, it is well within your abilities, I assure you.”

Lorelei’s voice changed harmonics, weaving between sultry whispers and deeper notes that tripped along the nerves into the monkey brain underneath the thinking man.

“You would make me the happiest of women, Kurt.”

Deep, deep down, below even the monkey brain, something was screaming at him to run. But her voice overruled it.

"What would you have me do?"

Jills

[xp_loa]

Jills, player of David North.

Re: Jills

[xp_spectrum]

I already left feedback on this when it was posted, but this log is just so heart-rending. You and Aisy are an incredible writing combination.

Had there been a camera to break the fourth wall to, expression entirely done, she would have. Instead, Felicia pushed herself up, using the motion to hide the steadying breath she took. "Happy new year," she replied. Her feet were bare, shoes delicately lined up on the floor next to the couch, and tucked up under her, hiding dark green nail polish. "You look terrible."

North almost smiled, the corners of his eyes crinkling by just that little bit before he seemed to catch himself. "Thank you," he said, tone angling somewhere between dry and wry as he stepped toward the large desk on the other side of the room. He glanced around, as if double checking that its usual occupant was not around. "You look the way I feel." Tired.

"Well fuck you too," Felicia replied, allowing a brief, half grin. She looked away, then back, as he did. Old habits. "I look like I need a nap. You look like you need a mortician. Should someone be fussing over you?" Her jaw clenched, feet coming down to the floor. "Nevermind, that's-"

"Most probably," North replied, before there was much of a silence to fill. With his back to her, North hefted the load in his arms onto the desk with a loud thud before stepping back to survey the stack of files. He should probably have had one of the others digitise them. They could have avoided this encounter. But it was difficult to deny that seeing her settled something inside of him. Just a little bit. In the centre of the roiling mess of other Things he mostly chose to ignore in favour of work, coffee and alcohol in a steady rotation.

Felicia gave a small huff, using his back to fidget with her hands, a light click of nails, unnoticed. "I guess when you're bombarded by Jubes and whatever she thinks is helping I had nothing to do with it, then."

"She bought me ice cream," he said blandly, turning back to face her. "If you say anything more she may start cooking and then we would not have a building left."

Jen

[xp_loa]

Jen, player of Wanda Maximoff.

Re: Jen

[xp_spectrum]

I have so much love for your Wanda, both P1 and P2. She and Amanda just ping off each other so well, even when things are going to hell, like in this log from Color of Horror:

"No!" The cry was a gasp as Wanda saw the door slam shut, as she caught a glimpse of Topaz beyond that just seconds prior. She launched herself forward, hands crackling with entropic energy as she sought the shatterpoint. There was none. There was no breaking point for the door back to Avalon because there was no door. Which meant there was no way to get to Topaz...

Wanda slammed her hands against the wall a final time and took a step back, breathing hard, hands held in shaking fists. The temptation to rend an opening, any opening, burned like fire.

"Where's Topaz?" Amanda came forward from the back of the group where she'd - reluctantly, but also wanting to make amends for prior issues - had obeyed her former student's order to fall back and protect those fleeing the chaos. Blood dripped from a cut on her forehead, there were a number of cuts in her leather jacket and she was wobbling on her feet with exhaustion, but still she came forward, conducting the mental headcount that came at the end of every mission. "She was right behind you, she should... Wanda, what happened?"

Amanda's voice cut through the noise in Wanda's head and her hands dropped uselessly by her side. Moving to face Amanda, she felt strain at her ribs - she wasn't sure if there was a cut or a break but she'd deal with that later. Taking a shaky breath, she responded, "I do not know. She was right behind us and then the door..." Red sparks of chaos danced across her knuckles. "Closed. I..." Her voice grew quiet but urgent. "I cannot sense it with my powers. Can you?"

Isaura

[xp_loa]

Isaura, player of Alani Ryan.

Re: Isaura

[xp_darcy]

ISA. Thank you for all the work you do on the wiki and just your general positivity and willingness to uplift other players. I really like seeing your take on Alani and getting to chat with you on Discord, and I'm really excited to see where you go with her and what you do with your newest character once he's in.

Gwen

[xp_daytripper]

Gwen, player of Kitty Pryde.

Re: Gwen

[xp_changeling]

Every time I've asked you for a role, you've stepped all the way up. I'm fascinated by your Kitty and I want to work with you a lot more.

Frito

[xp_daytripper]

Frito, player of Marie-Ange Colbert and Kyle Gibney.

Re: Frito

[xp_velocidad]

This is gonna sound small, but stick with me: One of the main reasons I agreed to write the traumatic sex logs from the Sons of Anarchy plot Olivier arc is because I knew I would be working with you on it, and I knew I could trust you to help me figure out how to write this all in a way that felt normal and natural.

I think the things you did with Kyle in that plot made him seem very real and lived-in and human, and they revealed a side to him I hadn't really thought a ton about. You've done such a nice job rounding both of your characters out, but you also have found ways to push them in new directions after all this time, which I think shows your openness to exploration and to creativity. Not everyone would be so willing to experiment, and I commend you for doing it!

Eva

[xp_daytripper]

Eva, player of Sooraya Qadir and Hope Abbott.

Re: Eva

[xp_colossus]

I've really enjoyed our pseudo-philosophical discussions between Sooraya and Pyotr.

Erik

[xp_daytripper]

Erik, player of Pyotr Rasputin

Re: Erik

[xp_darcy]

I'm glad you came back. Obviously I wasn't here for all of the before, but you've been a good person to bounce ideas off of and easy to write with. I love April and Pyotr's roommate shenanigans, and I'm really excited to work more with you in the future (especially if some of those ideas come to fruition). :)

Dex

[xp_daytripper]

Dex, player of Garrison Kane and Kevin Sydney.

Re: Dex

[xp_darcy]

One of the best things about you is that you're not afraid to tackle some wickedly difficult things and then deal with the consequences after, but you also write lovely softer pieces. (The pieces with Kevin & Jean post-Siege are so beautiful, and you've really owned the shitty situation Garrison is in post-Sons.)

You spend a lot of time offering to help the rest of us and coming up with plots and ideas that make our characters shine, and when you're running a plot I always have a good time writing it, even if the subject matter is difficult or outside my sphere of experience. Your willingness to help me out has led to a ton of growth for Darcy in the past year, and I'm so glad I've got you to bounce ideas off of and to talk with in general.


(You're going to hate reading all of this and I don't care. ♥♥♥)